The Science of Early Childhood Development (SECD) program is an initiative to make accessible current research on the profound impact of early brain and human development on lifelong health and well-being. SECD emphasizes the vital importance of nurturing care and everyday experience for young children. In 2014, the Conrad N. Hilton and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) began a three-year collaboration to: ...
Diamond Jubilee -- 11 July 2016 -- Mawlana Hazar Imam has graciously consented to marking the 60th year of his Imamat as the Diamond Jubilee. The news was announced on the occasion of Imamat Day by the Ismaili Leaders' International Forum and the national Ismaili Councils in Jamatkhanas around the world. The Diamond Jubilee will be a celebration of Mawlana Hazar ...
A portrait of Prince Karim Aga Khan IV during his enthronement in Geneva, Switzerland after his grandfather, His Highness the Aga Khan III, passed away on July 11, 1957. Photo by Philippe Le Tellier/Paris Match via Getty Images. The doctrine of Imamat has been central in Shia Islam since the designation by the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) as ...
Two Group victories over a mile for the Gilltown sire. SEA THE STARS' spectacular season shows no sign of slowing down and the in-form stallion signed a Group double at the weekend. The highlight was a most convincing victory for his son ZELZAL in the Gr 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly on Sunday. A fifth winner at the highest level ...
BY SHARIFFA KESHAVJEE This Imamat Day O Mawla Is a promise for a thirsty heart Innumerable will be the facets of the Diamond Jubilee As we in anticipation await humble of heart Make us worthy of this blessing O Mawla a prayer rises from my heart At the feet of Shah Sultan Mahomed Shah An innocent babe in naive anticipation Your ...
I am the 49th hereditary Imam in direct lineal descent from the first Shia Imam, Hazrat 'Ali ibn Abi Talib through his marriage to Bibi Fatimat-az-Zahra, our beloved Prophet's daughter. Imam Shah Karim al-Husayni Aga Khan IV, (Letter to International Islamic Conference, Amman, July 2005, Read at NanoWisdoms) The purpose of this article is to present the independent historical documentation that ...
Highlights of the Jubilee Games Fanous' travels across Kenya in the lead-up to the Jubilee Games. The Fanous has reached every Ismaili Jamatkhana in the country, wildlife conservancies, Serena hotels and other notable venues. ...
Shamsh Kassim-Lakha delivered a talk at the Ismaili Centre, London in which he emphasised the strategic importance of the Central Asian region in a globalised world. Titled Creating Opportunity on the Roof of the World, his talk on 20 May 2016 was part of AKF UK's Breaking the Cycle of Poverty lecture series. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha delivered a talk at the Ismaili ...
Global -- The Jubilee Games Fanous has reached every Jamatkhana in Kenya. It has travelled to Kisii, Kisumu and its districts, Nakuru, Mombasa, and Nairobi. Reflecting the Kenyan Jamat's concern for the protection of wildlife, the Fanous visited Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife, and various Serena Hotels properties. ...
Global -- Tanzania launched its 2016 Jubilee Games Fanous Roadshow in Mwanza, where a tournament with Kenya was taking place. In a unique ceremony, the fawanees of both countries were brought together as a symbol of Jamati brotherhood. ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 July 2016 - The French Medical Institute for Children, Afghanistan's leading children's hospital, is managed by the Aga Khan University. It was established in a four way partnership between the Government of Afghanistan, the Government of France, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the French NGO, La Chaîne de l'Espoir. The hospital's eHealth programme, which brings expertise ...
Gilltown Stud sire ranks second in Europe The prolific season of the Aga Khan Studs' stallion SEA THE STARS, continued at the weekend with victory in the Gr.2 Lancashire Oaks for ENDLESS TIME. The progressive filly had not raced for over eight months and she put up a brave performance to secure the Group 2 contest, her second Stakes success after ...
Central Asia, 5 July 2016 - UCA will complete Phase I of its main campus construction in Kyrgyzstan in 2016, when UCA will enroll its first class of undergraduate students at the residential campus. The campus includes a three-story academic building, housing a library, classrooms, laboratories, a dining hall and faculty housing, and two dormitory buildings. Previously constructed international standard sports ...
Mr. Frank Pattrick (d. 1991) with his wife Mrs. Doris Pattrick (d. 2002). Mr. Pattrick worked for His Highness the Aga Khan in Kenya during the 1960’s and later. Photo: Linda Baxter Collection, United Kingdom. INTRODUCED BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT Publisher-editor, and As publisher and editor of this photo blog, which has an emphasis on the Ismaili Muslim community, nothing is ...
INTRODUCED BY SULTAN JESSA From some of the densest urban areas to the remotest corners of this earth, the fanous or lantern of the second Ismaili Jubilee Games has been welcomed worldwide by hundreds of thousands of Ismailis with deep joy, and has generated an immense amount of interest for the games that will commence in Dubai on July 22, 2016. ...
“I DREAM OF PEACE,” SAYS THIS YOUNG BOY IN A FANTASTIC WELCOMING CEREMONY FOR THE FANOUS IN PAKISTAN BY SULTAN JESSA From some of the densest urban areas to the remotest corners of this earth, the fanous or lantern of the second Ismaili Jubilee Games has been welcomed worldwide by hundreds of thousands of Ismailis with deep joy, and has ...
News story -- Dr Nuha Al-Shaar presented a paper on The Ritualisation of Food and Table-talk in Arabic Traditions at a conference organised by the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA). Entitled, Insatiable Appetite: Food as a Cultural Signifier, the conference highlighted how food not only serves to build bridges, but is also a potent marker of social, religious, gendered, ...
In this lecture, "Media, Muslims, and Free Speech," Haroon Siddiqui draws on his 48 years of reporting and supervising coverage of Canada at the Toronto Star. This lecture took place on April 17, 2016 in the Aga Khan Museum auditorium and was the first in the six-part lecture series entitled "Islam and Muslims in the 21st Century." The series features scholars and ...
"Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created, created Man of a blood-clot. Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous, who taught by the Pen, taught Man that he knew not." -- Holy Qur'an, Sura al-Alaq, 96:1-5, translation by A.J. Arberry. An Egyptian calligraphy of the first lines of Sura Al-Alaq (The Clot) - the 96th sura of the ...
The son of Sea The Stars becomes H.H. the Aga Khan's fifth dual Derby winner. HARZAND confirmed today he is one of the best colts of his generation when winning the Gr.1 Irish Derby at the Curragh. The colt jumped out well and was placed in third position behind his leader Ebediyin. His jockey Pat Smullen started progressing at the entrance ...
Women in Rural areas of Madhya Pradesh are trained as solar entrepreneurs to assemble and repair solar lamps. This ensures livelihood to these women along with promotion of renewable off grid lighting solutions which are fast substituting kerosene lamps in rural madhya pradesh and bihar programme areas of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) ...
AKRSPI has innovated Decentralized Off-grid Solar powered micro grids providing basic lighting and mobile recharge services in rural off-grid areas of Muzaffarpur and Samastipur districts in Bihar. These have proved to be cost effective and have been well received by the community. This have been promoted on entrepreneurship model wherein rural youth are trained to assemble and repair these systems. They then ...
Women in Rural areas of Madhya Pradesh are trained as solar entrepreneurs to assemble and repair solar lamps. This ensures livelihood to these women along with promotion of renewable off grid lighting solutions which are fast substituting kerosene lamps in rural madhya pradesh and bihar programme areas of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) ...
Promotion of smokeless Chuhlas in rural areas to provide a clean cooking environment. Provision of training to women entrepreneurs to construct and repair smokeless chuhlas to ensure long term sustainability ...
On 14 June 2016, the light of the Jubilee Games shone from the top of Africa's highest peak. A team of ten Tanzanians climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with the Fanous, reaching the snowy Uhuru Peak at 5,895 metres above sea level. ...
TKN -- In July 2007, Dr. Azim Juma was recruited as a TKN volunteer to work with AKHS to help implement the Family Medicine and Clinical Excellence concepts in Badakshan. The design of a family medicine system for Tajikistan was developed after researching "Best Practices" in family medicine in four countries: Canada, USA, UK and Australia. Volunteer Name: Dr. Azim Juma ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 June 2016 - Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) has delivered vital food supplies provided by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to 327 households, or 1,547 individuals in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan, who have suffered severe food shortages during recent months. Villagers in the districts of Big and Small Pamirs, located in Afghanistan's remote Badakhshan province received ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 20 June 2016 - Syrian saxophonist and composer Basel Rajoub and his Soriana Project are the featured performers for the 2016 commemoration of World Refugee Day at the UNHCR headquarters in Geneva today. First marked in 2001, World Refugee Day is observed each year on 20 June to commemorate the "strength, courage, and perseverance of millions of refugees," according ...
BY ABDULMALIK MERCHANT Publisher-editor, Simergphotos and Simerg A boy proudly holds the Ismaili Jubilee Games lantern on Sunday, June 19, 2016, at the annual soccer camp which is being attended by 198 young Ismaili girls and boys in Burnaby, British Columbia. The highly successful camp is being held over two-weekends, June 18/19 and June 25/26, 2016, and supported voluntarily by ...
Nutrition Centre -- As the Jubilee Games approaches, Ismaili athletes around the world are spending countless hours training. But underestimating sweat loss and not drinking enough water can lead to dehydration and serious side effects. Last summer, Ashif, a university athlete, decided to push himself beyond his normal best and train for a tough new challenge. He upped his daily routine, ...
On May 19th, 2016, Justice Albie Sachs delivered the Global Centre for Pluralism's Annual Pluralism Lecture. Here is an interview the Centre conducted with Justice Sachs. ...
Note from the editor: "A New Leaf Everyday" is a compilation by Simerg of verses from the Holy Qur'an, the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him) and excerpts from speeches and farmans of Ismaili Imams (or their family members) that are pertinent to the message on a different leaf which has been presented (almost) everyday on this ...
Group 3 winner Loresho also features in catalogue. The Aga Khan Studs send a high class consignment of eight individuals to Arqana's forthcoming Summer Sale of horses in training on 1st July. This sale has been a source of talented Aga Khan graduates in the past, with Group winners Diakali (Sinndar), Zubayr (Authorized) and the late Baradari (Manduro) all changing hands ...
Global -- The light of the Jubilee Games shone from the top of Africa's highest peak. A team of ten Tanzanians carried the Fanous up Mount Kilimanjaro, reaching the snowy Uhuru Peak at 5 895 metres above sea level. ...
"A great school will educate its students not merely to be personally successful but also to use their gifts to build their communities and enhance the common good to levels beyond our dreams." - His Highness the Aga Khan, Mombasa Aga Khan Academy Inauguration, December 20, 2003. PLEASE CLICK:A Civil Society Endeavour: Ismaili Educators Helping Educate Marginalised Children in Nairobi Please ...
Zelzal and Mutakayyef on target for Gilltown sire. Hot on the heels of the Derby success of his son Harzand, SEA THE STARS was in the limelight a week later with a Stakes double thanks to MUTAKAYYEF and ZELZAL. ZELZAL showed star quality at Chantilly on Saturday when he flew home to secure the Gr 3 Prix Paul de Moussac comfortably ...
Editor’s note: Inspired by the message of His Highness the Aga Khan on the important role that individuals can play to drive progress and positive change, a team of dedicated Ismaili educators established a school in Nairobi for poor children to give them a head start. The story presented on this page by Zafeera Kassam, a co-director of the school, ...
Canada's oldest humanities research, the Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies, awarded Mawlana Hazar Imam an honorary degree for his service to humanity at a ceremony in Toronto on 20 May 2016. ...
Canada -- Canada's oldest humanities research, the Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies, awarded Mawlana Hazar Imam an honorary degree for his service to humanity at a ceremony in Toronto on 20 May 2016. ...
(Disponible avec des sous-titres français) On May 19th, 2016, Albie Sachs, a senior member of the African National Congress and a key architect of Mandela's post-apartheid Constitution, delivered the fifth Annual Pluralism Lecture in Toronto at the Aga Khan Museum. Long-time human rights activist, lawyer, judge and author, Justice Albie Sachs has committed his career to the values of justice, inclusion and peace. A ...
